An Olympic badminton player swapped her racket during a point, somehow won the volley, and the gold medal

• An Indonesian badminton player swapped her racket in the middle of a point and still won the volley.
• Greysia Polii's string snapped before she ran off-court while her partner continued playing.
• Indonesia won its first-ever Olympic gold medal in the event and first medal of the Tokyo Olympics.

An Indonesian badminton player swapped her racket mid-point yet still won the rally on the way to winning her country's first-ever gold in the women's badminton doubles Olympic final at the Tokyo Olympics.

Greysia Polli was competing with her partner Apriyani Rahayu against China when a string on her racket snapped. Unable to play on, the 33-year-old dashed off the court to collect a new one, before returning to continue the point.

While her partner was away, Rahayu managed to keep the rally going before Polli eventually produced the shot that won Indonesia the point.

The rally was part of a successful final for Indonesia who won its first medal at this year's games.

Polli and Rahayu defeated China's Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan by two games to zero to take the gold, a first in the event in Indonesia's history.

After the match, the pair was pictured crying as they were awarded their medals.